Today, retreading Dejah Thoris might be seen by as a "regressive" example of misogyny and patriarchal "male gaze" because Martians are naked except for jewelry. That's where the metal design of the "Leia the Huttslayer" bikini drew its inspiration. When A Princess of Mars was published in , times were very different. The Western world was in a wave of female empowerment and liberation, as well as an explosion in literacy among the working classes. The modest, passive female ideal was beginning to crumble thanks to the women's suffrage movement, and women like Evelyn Nesbit rose to infamy by scandals circulated in newspapers and magazines.

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